sane-gt68xx.5



sane-gt68xx(5)           SANE Scanner Access Now Easy           sane-gt68xx(5)


NAME

       sane-gt68xx - SANE backend for GT-68XX based USB flatbed scanners


DESCRIPTION

       The  sane-gt68xx  library  implements  a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
       backend that provides access to  USB  flatbed  scanners  based  on  the
       Grandtech  GT-6801 and GT-6816 chips.  A list of supported scanners can
       be      found      on      the      gt68xx      backend       homepage:
       http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx-backend/.

       This is BETA software. Especially if you test new or untested scanners,
       keep  your  hand at the scanner's plug and unplug it, if the head bumps
       at the end of the scan area.

       If you own a scanner other than the ones listed on the gt68xx  homepage
       that  works  with  this backend, please let me know this by sending the
       scanner's exact model name and the USB vendor and device ids (e.g. from
       sane-find-scanner(1) or syslog) to me. Even if the  scanner's  name  is
       only  slightly  different  from the models already listed as supported,
       please let me know.

       If you own a scanner that isn't detected by the gt68xx backend but  has
       a  GT-6801  or  GT-6816  chipset, you can try to add it to the backend.
       Have     a     look      at      the      following      web      page:
       http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx-backend/adding.html


LIBUSB ISSUES

       Please  use  libusb-0.1.8 or later. Without libusb or with older libusb
       versions all kinds of trouble can be expected. The  scanner  should  be
       found by sane-find-scanner(1) without further actions. For setting per-
       missions and general USB information, look at sane-usb(5).


FIRMWARE FILE

       You need a firmware file for your scanner. That's a small file contain-
       ing  software  that will be uploaded to the scanner's memory. It's usu-
       ally named *.usb, e.g.  PS1fw.usb.  It comes  on  the  installation  CD
       that  was provided by the manufacturer, but it may be packaged together
       with the installation program in an .exe file. For Mustek scanners, the
       file can be downloaded from the  gt68xx  backend  homepage.  For  other
       scanners,  check  the  CD for .usb files. If you only find *.cab files,
       try cabextract(1) to unpack. If everything else fails, you must install
       the Windows driver and get the firmware from there (usually in the win-
       dows/system or system32  directories).  Put  that  firmware  file  into
       /usr/local/share/sane/gt68xx/.   Make sure that it's readable by every-
       one.


CONFIGURATION

       The contents of the gt68xx.conf file is a list of usb lines  containing
       vendor  and  product  ids that correspond to USB scanners. The file can
       also contain option lines.  Empty lines and lines starting with a  hash
       mark  (#)  are ignored.  The scanners are autodetected by usb vendor_id
       product_id statements which  are  already  included  into  gt68xx.conf.
       "vendor_id"  and "product_id" are hexadecimal numbers that identify the
       scanner.

       The override, firmware, vendor, model, and afe options must  be  placed
       after the usb line they refer to.

       Option  override  is  used  to  override  the default model parameters.
       That's necessary for some scanners that use the same vendor/product ids
       but are different. For these scanners there are already  commented  out
       override  lines  in  the  configuration  file.  override mustek-scanex-
       press-1200-ub-plus is necessary for  the  Mustek  Scanexpress  1200  UB
       Plus, the Medion/Lifetec/Tevion LT 9452, and the Trust Compact Scan USB
       19200.   override  artec-ultima-2000 is used for the Artec Ultima 2000,
       the Boeder SmartScan Slim Edition, the Medion/ Lifetec/ Tevion/  Cytron
       MD/LT  9385,  the  Medion/  Lifetec/ Tevion MD 9458, and the Trust Flat
       Scan USB 19200.  override mustek-bearpaw-2400-cu is necessary  for  the
       Mustek  BearPaw  2400  CU  and the Fujitsu 1200CUS. The override option
       must be the first one after the usb line.

       Option firmware selects the name and path of the  firmware  file.  It's
       only  necessary  if the default (or override) doesn't work. The default
       firmware directory is /usr/local/share/sane/gt68xx/.  You may  need  to
       create  this  directory.  If  you want to place the firmware files at a
       different path, use a firmware line.

       The vendor and model options are not absolutely necessary but for  con-
       venience.  Quite  a  lot of scanners from different manufacturers share
       the same vendor/product ids so you can set the "correct" name here.

       The afe option allows one to set custom offset and gain values for  the
       Analog  FrontEnd  of the scanner. This option can be either used to se-
       lect the AFE values if automatic coarse calibration is disabled, or  to
       make  automatic coarse calibration faster. For the latter usage, enable
       debug level 3 (see below), scan an image and look for debug line string
       with "afe". Copy this line to gt68xx.conf.  The option has six  parame-
       ters:  red offset, red gain, green offset, green gain, blue offset, and
       blue gain.

       A sample configuration file is shown below:

              usb 0x05d8 0x4002
              override "mustek-scanexpress-1200-ub-plus"
              firmware "/opt/gt68xx/SBfw.usb"
              vendor "Trust"
              model "Compact Scan USB 19200"
              afe 0x20 0x02 0x22 0x03 0x1f 0x04


FILES

       /usr/local/etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf
              The  backend  configuration  file  (see  also   description   of
              SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

       /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-gt68xx.a
              The static library implementing this backend.

       /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-gt68xx.so
              The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
              that support dynamic loading).


ENVIRONMENT

       SANE_CONFIG_DIR
              This environment variable specifies the list of directories that
              may contain the configuration file.  On *NIX systems, the direc-
              tories are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are sep-
              arated  by a semi-colon (`;').  If this variable is not set, the
              configuration file  is  searched  in  two  default  directories:
              first,  the current working directory (".") and then in /usr/lo-
              cal/etc/sane.d.  If the value of the environment  variable  ends
              with  the directory separator character, then the default direc-
              tories are searched after the explicitly specified  directories.
              For example, setting SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would re-
              sult in directories tmp/config, ., and /usr/local/etc/sane.d be-
              ing searched (in this order).

       SANE_DEBUG_GT68XX
              If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this en-
              vironment  variable  controls  the debug level for this backend.
              Higher debug levels increase the verbosity of the output. If the
              debug level is set to 1 or higher,  some  debug  options  become
              available that are normally hidden. Handle them with care.

              Example: export SANE_DEBUG_GT68XX=4


SEE ALSO

       sane(7),     sane-usb(5),    sane-artec_eplus48u(5)    sane-plustek(5),
       sane-ma1509(5), sane-mustek_usb(5), sane-mustek(5),  sane-mustek_pp(5),
       cabextract(1)
       /usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/gt68xx/gt68xx.CHANGES
       http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx


AUTHOR

       Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
       The  original  gt68xx  driver  was  written  by  Sergey Vlasov, Andreas
       Nowack, and David Stevenson. Thanks for sending patches  and  answering
       questions to them and all the other contributors.


BUGS

       The first few lines of the image are garbage for the 2400 TA Plus.

       Interpolation  should be used instead of just copying data, when the X-
       and Y-resolution differ.

       Support for buttons is missing.

       More detailed bug information is available at the gt68xx backend  home-
       page http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx-backend/.
       Please  contact  us  if  you  find  a bug or missing feature: <sane-de-
       vel@alioth-lists.debian.net>.
       Please send a debug log if your scanner isn't detected  correctly  (see
       SANE_DEBUG_GT68XX above).

                                  13 Jul 2008                   sane-gt68xx(5)

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